First thing I noticed was the amount of lactic acid 88% required to lower the PH seemed much greater then when I use bru'n water in the past. I had a couple of inconsistencies with this batch, which is almost always the case when I brew. I brewed my first batch "an amber ale" last week using BS3. The new version integrates a few features that make it better, even if its still not perfect.
Ultimately, for years Beersmith has been the best tool out there and its reasonably priced. I haven't played around with the two-stage yeast starter tool, but that should be another good addition. Time will tell whether the PH model matches my results. The water tool is well integrated, much to my relief as I found it annoying to have to do that in a separate spreadsheet (as awesome as Bru'n Water is). There are a some significant improvements, though. But that's probably a good thing because BS has a long learning curve.
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I do have to say that it doesn't feel like a major upgrade in the sense that it looks the same and basically operates the same. I have a gold subscription so my upgrade from BS2 to BS3 was free, which was nice.
In the link posted above, he links to a study that explains why his PH model gives slightly different results than Bru'n Water.Īnyway, I gave BS3 a short spin for the first time last night. Its not like Brady just did a sloppy job figuring out water additions. BS being off from BN doesn't make BS wrong, just as BS's yeast starter tool wasn't 'wrong' just because it didn't match Mr. BS and BN are complex models that give reasonably accurate estimates. Same with expecting it to match Bru'n Water's calcs on the nose. To expect the program to address every concern of every home brewer is asking too much, IMO. Sure, its far from perfect, but home brewers are a diverse bunch with different processes and different theories about brewing science.
I never understood all the crap people give BS.
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